Kingstowne Clothiers Neighborhood Group Monthly Meeting Plan

The Kingstowne Clothiers Neighborhood Group established the meeting plan for the upcoming year.

o Where there are blanks, there are opportunities for members to step up and present! If you don’t have experience or knowledge on the meeting topic, feel free to suggest another that you COULD present! If there’s a question mark beside a presenter/facilitator, that means you have volunteered in the past to lead a discussion on this topic and we need feedback on whether you can present.

Saturday, February 19, 2022

Spring fabric discussion - All natural fabrics translate to all season styles

PLUS discussion on our Annual Challenge! Use fabric from your stash, a pattern from your pile, a tool you have not used before, a technique you have not tried. Document your journey and be prepared to present in December for our Annual Challenge.

Fourth Saturday Event

Zoom: Measurements Workshop

CAB

Saturday, March 19, 2022

#MeMadeMay and #MakeNineChallenge– Wardrobe planning and capsule wardrobe discussion/presentation

Saturday, March 26, 2022

Fourth Saturday Event

Zoom: Let's Make a Hat for the Derby!

CAB

 

Saturday, April 16, 2022

Fabric Manipulation using tools from Muppin
Mary Parker

Saturday, April 30, 2022

Spring Fling

Springfield Country Club

Presenter: Mari of Mari Sews 

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Aprons, Vintage and Modern + Vote on ASG Video for Sewalong

Teressa Getz?

Saturday, June 18, 2022

ASG Video: Kingstowne Clothiers Sewalong with a sewing video from the ASG site!

June 30 – July 3, 2022

ASG Annual Conference, San Antonio, TX

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Bias tape + making the inside of your garment as pretty as the outside!
Rachel Weir?

Saturday, August 20, 2022

Sewing Machine Presser Feet

Saturday, September 17, 2022

Tailoring Techniques

Linda Matt

Saturday, October 15, 2022

Bound Buttonholes

Linda Matt

Date TBD

Annual Meeting and Elections

CAB

Saturday, November 19, 2022

Bagging a Lining with Sleeves

Annette Young

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Annual Challenge - Members present their personal sewing challenges! Prepare to be amazed!

Right now, we plan to meet at the Pohick Regional Public Library as the Franconia Governmental Center has not reopened to the public. Hybrid meetings are available for those who desire to attend virtually. 

The CAB is considering an opportunity for a mini summer retreat. Interested?

o The Kingstowne Clothiers owe articles to the quarterly newsletter. Have a book or pattern review? A sewing project you completed? Lessons learned? Anything sewing related? Write it up and send it to me; I’ll make sure it gets into the newsletter! For example, I recently read the book, “Black Designers in America,” edited by Elizabeth Way, and available from the Fairfax County Public Library. If you’re a fashion historian, then this book will be a delight as you learn new facts about Black Designers from early American history through the current period. Fairfax County Public Library As we come up on Black History Month, here is another link: 31 Influential Black Fashion Designers You Should Know | Complex (Dapper Dan and Ann Lowe are included in the book, too).

2022 Virtual Sewing & Stitchery Expo: Tickets on Sale Now! Shop. Learn. Experience. – March 2-6, 2022 (sewexpo.com)